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House Panel Publishes 33,000 Epstein Records as White House Pushes Back on Bipartisan Release Drive

The fight now centers on a bid to force broader disclosure that Republican leaders and the White House oppose.

Overview

  • More than 33,000 pages supplied by the Justice Department under subpoena were posted by the Republican‑led oversight committee as an initial tranche.
  • The files mix previously available court materials with image, video and audio records, including police interviews in which victims’ faces reportedly appear, raising privacy and redaction concerns.
  • Democratic members say the dump contains little new information, while House leaders argue the committee process should continue rather than a mandate for wholesale release.
  • A bipartisan bloc led by Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna is pressing a discharge petition to compel publication of all non‑classified records, and the White House has warned Republicans that aiding the effort would be viewed as a hostile act.
  • Epstein survivors held a Capitol event urging full transparency and said they will privately compile names of alleged accomplices, as courts continue to limit unsealing of grand‑jury materials and Trump labels the controversy a “Democrat hoax.”